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- Egyptian · derived fromRpwḥw
- Ancient Greek · borrowed fromῬαφία
- English todayRaphia
From Ancient Greek Ῥαφία (Rhaphía), from Egyptian Rpwḥw r:Z1-p-w-bH:mDAt-xAst
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
raphia
Today it means: Synonym of Rafah (spelling used when referring to the site in Antiquity: Ancient and Classical Eras) A town in Levant, frequently disputed between various ancient empires, Egypt (Pharonic, Ptolemaic, etc), Anatolia (Hittite, etc), Mesopotamia (Assyria, Seleucid, etc). The city is now located on the border between Gaza and Egypt, split between the two by an international border. Full definition →
Ancient Greek Ῥαφία ← Egyptian Rpwḥw